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Phil Spector's Murder Trial Goes To the Jury. Spector, a famous American record producer, is no stranger to controversy. Will he be found innocent or guilty? more inside

Your Swingin' Pad is a Flickr collection of interior design photos from various decades you won't want to miss. The thumbnail gallery itself looks like an oriental rug.

Why We Fart more inside

Curious George: Musician's Deals Sites? I'm looking for a "deals" site strictly for music gear. Something like FatWallet or TechDeals but for guitars, bongos, . . those . . little shaky things . . y'know music stuff. Anyone know of any? more inside

Japan to Blow Up Stuff Real High A rocket will be launched into the sky and release lithium vapor into the ionosphere, creating three huge red balls of light—both as big and bright as the moon—to be seen in the sky for one and a half minutes. I was interested by the graphic - is it typical to show Japan from the "north-down"?

How Political Psychology Explains Bush's Ghastly Success. Some pundits have tried to explain away this mystery by arguing that Bush backers voted for their values rather than their interests. But this explanation is unsatisfying, since many of those voters didn't opt for "family values" in 1992 and 1996, when the country elected a well-known philanderer as president. The answer (according to the article) is more inside

Republican Senator Charged With Sex Offense. Again. Note to Gentlemen: The guy in the stall next to you is a cop. So ix-nay on the olicitation-say. see also How Many Does That Make Now?

Wily Canadians Launch Sub-Orbital Nikon - SABLE-3 was launched on Saturday, August 11th, 2007, at 9:31 AM with a payload, consisting of a Nikon Coolpix P2 digital camera set to take 1 image every minute and a Byonics MicroTrak 300 APRS Tracker, that the Kaysam 1200 gram balloon carried to over 117,597 feet. Beauty pics eh?

Demz Can Has A Bumper Sticker? The DSCC [warning: flash], a group that works to elect Democrats to the Senate, is urging Democrats to vote on its four suggestions -- "or create one of your own by midnight August 27." "We need a turn of phrase that really jumps out and tells you right off the bat what this election is all about," said James Carville in a message to Democrats. Carville is credited with the famous phrase, "It's the Economy, Stupid". In a message to DSCC supporters on Thursday, Carville said sometimes the best ideas come from people outside Washington. "Heck, come up with something good enough, I'll risk my own safety and put it on my wife's car," Carville said. (His wife Mary Matalin is a Republican and a former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney.) But will they have learned their design lesson? more inside

Too Much! Magic Bus! Like, far out Scoob!

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The Compact Disc is 25 Years Old Today Yes, the shiny, shiny disc (disk? Disc.) that forced you to re-buy all your albums for maximum audiophilic eargasms is officially 25 years old today. In a related story, you're old. via OldFilter more inside

My Right-Wing Dad A blog about those forwarded emails from Dad. Early on, I dutifully hit the 'delete' button without a second thought, but lately I have taken to reading them... They have a certain thunderous Bush-era tone I find laughably repulsive, yet strangely addictive. My dad said his old boss sends them to him, but where do they originate? Who dreams them up? Karl Rove and friends? Perhaps these messages could be considered menacing, of the same simplistic mindset that gave rise to the Nazi party, or maybe they are the balancing viewpoints of a healthy democracy—what do you think? via DadFilter

You're Not From Around Here, Are You? Brainy egghead types say we came from flying space rocks. Or, more succinctly: "The researchers calculate the odds of life starting on Earth rather than inside a comet at one trillion trillion (10 to the power of 24) to one against." more inside

People, Let Me Get This Off My Chest is a 70-song bootleg album composed entirely of a Mr. P. Stanley's commentary to rabid rock music fans. Sublime / subliminal, it's all good. via The Onion AV Club's 15 Masters of Onstage Banter more inside

Clean your dirty CD's with a banana! Utilizing the special fruitons and other waxagens, the banana makes a perfect CD cleaner! Simply eat, wipe, and shine! It might be the Windex though. via Gizmodo

Perl Scripting with Windows Vista Speech Recognition Them computers' all kinds of amazin'. Watch this YouT00b link of a guy writing perl code using the speech recognition of Windows Vista. The end of keyboards??

Goodbye Everybody! Afer 50 years in daytime TV, Bob Barker tapes his last The Price Is Right more inside

Citing Frustration With Peace Groups and Politics, Cindy Sheehan Goes Home In a piece posted to Daily Kos, the famous Anti-war Mom declares, The most devastating conclusion that I reached this morning, however, was that Casey did indeed die for nothing. . . I have tried every since he died to make his sacrifice meaningful. Casey died for a country which cares more about who will be the next American Idol than how many people will be killed in the next few months while Democrats and Republicans play politics with human lives. Previously, on MonkeyFilter more inside